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Construction Cost Data Information

Job Order Contracting

. “National average price books” are wide used by both owners and design/builders, however, cannot provide an adequate representation of local market conditions. As a result, users of national average price books generally attempt to compensate by attempting to add extra hours to the work to be performed.

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Comprehensive job order contracting (JOC) system implementation and support services

Job Order Contracting

Ensure contractors do not inflate or negotiate price proposals to account for bidding adjustment factors too low. Prepare customized, locally researched line-item (not assembly) unit price book with descriptions and detailed labor, material, and equipment information. Update unit price books per contract.

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Unit Price Books Construction Cost Data

Job Order Contracting

Unit Price Books Construction Cost Data. Not surprisingly there is a great deal of confusion about Job Order Contracting, especially when it come to unit prices books and the use of appropriate and best value construction cost data. What Unit Price Book is best for your JOC Program depends upon several factors: Location (s).

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All things JOC – Job Order Contracting

Job Order Contracting

How to evaluate a JOC Unit Price Book (UPB). How to “negotiate” with a Contractor. The importance of locally researched cost data versus using factors or economic indexes. How to line-time estimate. How to evaluate contractor proposals. How to create an independent government estimate (IGE) in JOC.

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Job Order Contracting Overview

Job Order Contracting

DO – Use locally researched detailed construction cost data that is regularly updated for your JOC unit price book (UPB). DON’T – Do not use a national average cost book and attempt to create a UPB, with or without factors or construction cost indices (CCIs).

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JOC TASK ORDER Process Overview – USACE

Job Order Contracting

When prices for lines are used that are not derived from the unit price book, they are noted and referred to as non-prepriced line items (NPP). When NPP items are negotiated and incorporated in a task order, this does not incorporate the item in the UPB for subsequent use as a priced item.

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Army Job Order Contracts FAIL to meet AFARS requirements MOST OF THE TIME

Job Order Contracting

The J OCPB (JOC Price Book: reflects the current local costs in detail for construction tasks expected to be performed in the geographical area of the base contract with the primary use of developing a detailed line-item price. This is a national average cost book that DOES NOT REFLECT LOCAL COSTS. 5117.9001 Definitions.

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